you do realize that Rutgers is getting my money whether I go or sell the tix so this doesnt even make sense.
RU Trying to Schedule Game at Yankee Stadium
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you do realize that Rutgers is getting my money whether I go or sell the tix so this doesnt even make sense.
A road game, fine.
A neutral site game that doesn't cause RU to lose a home game, fine.
An RU home game - absolutely not. It is a very bad idea. If you were do it and put it on the season's ticket package, you would see a big drop in seasons' tix sales and RU would lose money, regardless of what YS is paying them for the one game.
I have yet to attend an RU game at YS, though I would consider attending the Pinstripe Bowl the next time RU is invited. But it is not our home stadium. I love our campus stadium - it is the primary reason I have been a season's tix holder for ten (now eleven) years.
A neutral site game that doesn't cause RU to lose a home game, fine.
An RU home game - absolutely not. It is a very bad idea. If you were do it and put it on the season's ticket package, you would see a big drop in seasons' tix sales and RU would lose money, regardless of what YS is paying them for the one game.
I have yet to attend an RU game at YS, though I would consider attending the Pinstripe Bowl the next time RU is invited. But it is not our home stadium. I love our campus stadium - it is the primary reason I have been a season's tix holder for ten (now eleven) years.
And I think he will receive quite a few emails saying the same. And he will hear it directly from fans, and his coworkers will hear it from fans who will then talk to Hobb's about it.
I bet the idea has already been trounced.
Watching a football game in Yankee Stadium sucks. Watching RU play an ooc game in Yankee Stadium sucks more. Watching RU play a conference game in Yankee Stadium sucks the most.
Bad idea
GO RU
Bad idea
GO RU
I agree with all of that, I was just answering the question. I didn't understand the incentives and how money was made the last time this came out, but it was said the Yankees would pay a boatload. Why and how... I agree it doesn't make sense.
Can you freakin imagine moving our Penn St or Maryland Home Games to Yankee Stadium ?? F'n no way !
Start writing emails, letters and making phone calls to Hobbs NOW, and/or ASAP.
Here is Hobb's email :
ad@scarletknights.com
"Big Ten Network president Mark Silverman speculated in 2014 about the possibility of moving a Rutgers game against Penn State or Maryland to Yankee Stadium. Former Rutgers coach Kyle Flood was open to playing a home game at Yankee Stadium under the right circumstances."
Start writing emails, letters and making phone calls to Hobbs NOW, and/or ASAP.
Here is Hobb's email :
ad@scarletknights.com
"Big Ten Network president Mark Silverman speculated in 2014 about the possibility of moving a Rutgers game against Penn State or Maryland to Yankee Stadium. Former Rutgers coach Kyle Flood was open to playing a home game at Yankee Stadium under the right circumstances."
Alums and fans please email Mr Hobbs , and mention besides hating the idea of watching our home games be moved to Yankee Stadium where watching a Football game is horrible, you won't donate or buy season tickets anymore. I did just that , and I'm a 4 decade season ticket holder. The poll on the article site is about 70% AGAINST the idea, hopefully Mr Hobbs can take a hint.
email Hobbs :
ad@scarletknights.com
email Hobbs :
ad@scarletknights.com
Hey knucklehead, I am a non-alumni who has sent in four figure donations every year to the RU Football program for the last 18 years. How about you Blockhead R ?
I'm trying to understand how Rutgers can make more money playing at Yankee Stadium than playing at home given that each stadium has about the same seating capacity.
Can someone please explain this? Anyone? I'm not trying to stir the pot. It's a serious, honest, question.
Can someone please explain this? Anyone? I'm not trying to stir the pot. It's a serious, honest, question.
Sounds like this is more a play of B1G politics and not a revenue driven initiative by RU.
...we need to walk a fine line here. You can't expect us to tell the Yankees, arguably one of the wealthiest and most popular sports franchises in the world (and right in our own backyard), "your stadium stinks!!! NO!!!!!....but can you still be our friend???", but at the same time, if we don't value/ respect the sanctity of our own stadium/facilities, how can we can expect anyone else to? You don't want to set a precedent that can be used against us down the line (especially if no one is really clamoring for it). I trust that Hobbs will handle it tactfully and to our long-term benefit.
Joe P.
Joe P.
The stadium doesn't stink -- it's just not built for football.
If you're not on the team bench you don't see the field well. That's the long and the short of it.
If Yankees love us so much sponser a game in Tampa no? Play South Florida there?
I saw Hobbs coming out of the RAC yesterday morning.Had I known about this,I'd have told him to move the Morgan State game there.
Why exactly do we need the Yankees to be our friend?
Playing in Yankee stadium will not help us in our efforts to be "New York City's" team. We already did our job and brought the TV sets.
We will become NYC's team, and the entire state of NJ's tea, when we become really competitive in the conference and win some meaningful games.
Yes I did but I don't really think we need to walk a fine line. I also trust Hobbs will do the right thing and fight for our home games to be at home.
Nothing coherent? You keep conversing with me and you don't converse with clueless people. You told me so yourself.
Joe P.
Ok clown, give me a coherent, logical reason to give up home game to play at a baseball stadium that will hold much less than HPSS? Especially when 100% of the season ticket holder base wants no part of it
I won't like another game at Yankee Stadium but I'll go, again. The team deserves the support. If Hobbs thinks it will benefit the program, well he has a lot more info on it than me or anyone here. The team comes first. If it means I have to pregame at Legends or the Dugout, and watch the game at an odd angle, so be it.
I wasn't in favor of it. I think its a slippery slope that can bite us down the line. It seemed like you had a number of people who were basically saying, 'tell the Yankees to go scratch!!'...all I was saying is that's not the way to go. We can say 'no'; I think we should be more diplomatic about it. You don't need to suck up to them, but you don't need to be disrespectful about it. Why create hard feelings there? We already have enough of an uphill battle.
...someone mentioned this in another thread- if the Yankees really want to form a relationship with us, maybe they can offer us a baseball game there or even a soccer game.
Joe P.
